Changing the behavior of the development sector
When the development community speaks of behavior change, it usually refers to individuals doing something differently. Whether that is...
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Algorithmic analysis of satellite data and a new offline too...
Despite its protected status, deforestation threatens the Leuser Ecosystem, 2.6 million hectares (6.5 million acres) of rainforest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Farms and commercial development encroach on...
Fixing the world’s rural roads with a shovel and a phone a...
For those of us who don’t know what it’s like to live at the end of a poorly maintained dirt road in rural Uganda, Kevin Lee has a simple...
Volunteer cartographers create open source maps to guide mal...
Spraying insecticide indoors remains one of the most effective weapons against malarial mosquitoes, the World Health Organization says, but sprayers need guidance. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) took up...
From Baby Monitors to Fishing Fleets: Ten Upgrades with Remo...
The cost of electronic sensors and mobile technology has dropped low enough to network hardware and infrastructure even in the world’s poorest and most underserved communities. The result is...
Impact Design Hub explores meaning and contexts of developme...
PlayPumps have been a cautionary tale in global development engineering since shortly after they were introduced with international fanfare and then broke, enabled child labor or simply pumped water...
Welcome to E4Cs Research Fellows of 2017
Our newest cohort has surprises in store for this second year of the Research Fellowship Program. This year, we broadened the program’s reach to invite students and practicing engineers from around...
A new charitable giving platform vets Indian nonprofits to give donors peace of mind
It’s easy to forgive indecision when it comes to donating to a worthy cause in India. A bird’s eye...
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Can a bracelet craze clean our oceans?
4Ocean has put an artistic spin on a straightforward solution to plastic pollution in the oceans. Their solution is...
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C-Innova Demuestra la Creación de Alianzas Como un Movimiento de Base
Read this in English here. Valores en juego La literatura acerca de innovación -local está cada vez más enfocada...
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What’s in a name? The words we use for our field hint at what we value in our work
Organizations around the world have adopted at least a dozen names, probably more, for the work that we do...
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UVG’s courses in Guatemala teach engineers from the city to understand the problems of rural living
The differences that persist worldwide between the city and the country are stark in Guatemala. Residents of the country’s...
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C-Innova Demonstrates How Partnerships Benefit Grassroots Movements in Colombia
Engineering for Change ahora publicara artículos en Español para nuestros seguidores en America Latina. Lea este reportaje aquí. Values at odds The...
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The New Digital and Mechanical Tools on African Farms
A wave of agricultural machines and digital applications for farmers is swelling in Sub-Saharan Africa. This innovation, spilling from...
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The versatile AgRover is like the Swiss Army knife of African farm trucks
A newly minted workshop in Lagos, Nigeria, is manufacturing some of the most versatile farm trucks on the planet....
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Humanitarian Engineering Principle Ten: Promote Human Dignity, Rights, and Fulfillment
This is the tenth and final post in a series of principles based on the textbook Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Technologies...
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Robotics for global development: Five Questions with Raj Madhavan
Dr. Raj Madhavan has made a career connecting two concepts that, to most of us, seem to contrast: robotics...
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